Currently, I am a Director of Graduate Studies & Faculty Fellow at the Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University.

I completed my dissertation in Social Anthropology at Harvard University (2016), as well as a secondary degree in Critical Media Practices. My larger research explores issues of tourism, sexuality, and imaginations of place across the Middle East.

I am also the co-director of marra.tein, an initiative that aims to encourage innovative thought and dialogue by hosting researchers & artists at a dedicated residency space in Beirut, Lebanon.